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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libarchive (MDVSA-2015:157)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82410

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability :

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that bsdcpio, an implementation of the cpio program part of the libarchive project, is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability via absolute paths (CVE-2015-2304).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82410

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-157.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bsdcpio, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64archive-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64archive12, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64archive13, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2304

MDVSA: 2015:157